Archive:September 20, 2018

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Worldwide Cryptocurrency AML Standards
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ASIC acts on Initial Coin Offerings and crypto-asset funds

Worldwide Cryptocurrency AML Standards

By Jonathan Lawrence

On 19 September, the president of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), Marshall Billingslea, said he is optimistic that at its plenary, due in October 2018, the FATF will agree a series of updated standards. He said: “It is essential that we establish a global set of standards that are applied in a uniform manner”. He said that the task force has accelerated its work and made significant progress on reaching a “consensus across nations” after the G20 requested the organisation tackle the issue as a matter of urgency.

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ASIC acts on Initial Coin Offerings and crypto-asset funds

By Jim Bulling, Edwin Tan and Felix Charlesworth

In a statement issued today, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) revealed that it has prevented five Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) from raising capital and will be taking further action in respect of one completed ICO.  The ICOs have been put on hold and some will be restructured to comply with relevant laws and regulations.  ASIC has also issued a final stop order in respect of a Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) issued by Investors Exchange Limited for units in the New Dawn Fund, which proposed to invest in a range of cryptocurrency assets.

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